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`tu Boston,;}Mnssiiontsnmmsg gifenst i`isi-,ieii'gni1.in ni ,une f the'arrow, it indioatingfthe lineof thewztrp's, andthis line Y ordreetionfof ,t greatest strength is the lin'efor Y t M1116 germ@ on inie Qiniejt, @morning to) the vfom of the 'sholdelfsqnere orkslopingfoftljie person to eine@ lore om@ elba e` @met e @wiener-frane? tA.ingingo re o ioth, or, is indeetedhy the' dotted" u `line l, ,FiggzY.2.f/S1`he blatnkis,l preferably, slit at gemeentesneeiallyvsllereevbnstsx" ud allarme-Diaw n'gb ' Vtofenrve-outward.the'lovwer,portionfof. the

. shapeshown vrin Fig. 2,V aire laid together, bntl with the Warp-line lofthe oloth jerossed,fthe.

` `two arrows;fnllend dotted, representing snh-L stfntizillythewerp-lines. The4 hnst {pieees It tion ofthe" 4 ,p l Yshoulder-pieceslj,brought or-enrved forward, and the curved edge gisgatheredaind stitched `t0 the edge fi, the edges f,',in this ,newposition, fornoingthe front vertical opening of the I,gelernte t,one1edge-beingprovided withlhnttons,or other t'estenings, to ,engztgetheother Vedge and eontine the garment to the body.

The'lon'eredge ofthe garment is, preferzthly,

bound, asztt `o, andthegarment is stitched aboutits edges, eonning thetwo blanks ,to-

,getheig making e garment ot' double thickness, and WithM-the Warp ofeachy hlnnlgextended in opposite directions, and the garment; has itsgreeteststrength in the line ot' greatest strain, and substantially inthe line o'fthe, lftrroivs, Figs. 1 and', and hy reasonofthisarrangenient ofthe direction'y of x'vanpsthe garmentl is notliable to be stretched ontv of trneshepe,

at' table, lnd" hefpiitter'n isfl-tidon it,V so fthftt. aline on thepattern fextefndingthrough the ,-nliiidle ofthe shonlder-pieoe blendthe` por- ]itiiii thepfttemedendt@ form-th@ upper t front Corner :ofthebust-piece, when the gerrnentjis vin position, will `he in,substantially A' gtheliineot' `'oneof thetuwtrps, and so that the l .fblan'li when ontg, ont, it' folded through i the ,fj.Center o`,.y the`shonlderi1iieee,gfron1, the upper liront `eornervot' the lonst-pieeeh,Wonldbe in v "the line ofthe warp, lthereby enabling the gelrnient to"act nnost eifeetnally tosupporlt the, bust. The hlnl; presents its,Warp-threads p Xtended in the, direction .t of the full vrftrrow, fl'eaoh pieee VHof*` cloth has, therefore, its

'as would otherwise be the case.

at front over the hust; but, if desired, and to form ai `-thin, coolgarment,the bnstfpiees of one .lola-nk may be cntewvaiylontheline p,(see 1576.-;2app'liegttion filed` i tireetion inowhich,thegztrinent'issnbjeoted to 1 lfmV1 m Vto.proyide for ytheinsertion 'of gore-.piecesarei-thenffolded ortnl'ned npWnrd, 4and the H The garment, Fig. 1,'is ofdouble thickness l This garment fits the personclosely;l are noobjectionable seams it does notneed 'l whalebones orvsteels to keep itiii-place; the v body isallowed to move with perfect freedom;

2 A I' f i Y i A' Macin-lv Fig.2,)leavi1'1gbut a single'thickness,lTheseV double bust-pieces are, preferably,. not stitched' together'alongthelr edges f, but'are leftopen 1n order to form a pocket fortheinsertion of padding material,should it be required, to imi prove theAoutline or vforni of tllebust, and a line of stitcbingis formed,preferably, on the line'p, to define the end of the pocket; The lowerfront portion l o f the l garment 1s suba stantially smooth orv'ungalthered,as sh'oivil'in Fig. 1, soas to press closely againsttl1c,lower portion of the bust, andY the'gatheredf.,or'fnll andvcrossed, `as indicated in a blank of precisely the sameform as theblankin' Fig. 2, cach other only in thefact-that one is composed ofpieces seamed together, whereas the and the blanks differ fromother'isseamless. ,l there the garment is a most comfortable andpleasant one, and by reason of its cut, as'described,

the shape ofthe garment is always preserved,

and is not liable to be distortedor strained.

' That portion of the shoulder may, if desired, benarrower than,

` shown in Fig. l, and may be made ymore or less the garment extendingover high in the neck to afford additional chest-coverin g for coldweather, or may be trimmed with l lace or other ornamentation. v

The lower end of the garment, or the band o, is made to extend downwardto a point on the body corresponding with the point at which itis'desired the bust should curve outward and upward, to attain beauty of"form and pleasantly support the bust. The posi-k tion of the band,therefore, deiines the lowermost position of the lower portion ofthebust; and from that point upward, and preferably l to a point as high asthe center of the bust, the garment aords a substantial support,allowing the expansion ofthe upper portion'of the bust into the gatheredportion or toward the center.

Thisv garment, fashioned substantially as herein set forth, eifectuallysupports the busi;

from the shoulders, through the shoulder-- straps forming part of thegarment, and this is accomplished by reason of kthe novel direction andarrangement of warp and weft. The warp extends diagonally across theback,lover the shoulder, and under the arm and over the bust, andprevents exerting'presslylre from thev of the form shownin Fig. 2,' fromtwo pieces shaped as warpsy in direction lindicated .4

of cloth, and

in aline bust, or, from the'edges t' to `fand the garment'.tb'econtour.; fg.the"body, and

.held .together by vbuttons vto hohl up garment, and

(the "frcntf'f the garment being or otherwise) acts closely nally, asdescribed, and the shoulder-straps were like the usualslioulder-straps,the bustpieces"wouldl be really'held -up positively, or

with any `degree of certainty.'only for a short i .distanceclose-tothe'arms. 'f Itis obvious that the garment, with" the `warp'arranged 'in the cause the garment to iit the body below the bust, andat the sidesfunder and below the',

lines described, will' arms, andfpressagainst-and hold up the bust frombelow, and pressurev by the' bust on the bust-pieces lwill cause y the-gf rment to hug closely tol the-body from the front ofthe garment,about under'thearms and over the shoulder. y' f The garment can bewornwithout theslightest 'discomfort or restraint, by reason of .the dplay or movement ofthe muscles or portions of the body Lover which-itpasses.A

Itwill be noticed Lthat bones, steels, eyelets, v cords, andlacings,common to` corsets and otherbust-supporters, vare entirely dispensedIwith, and, owingtothe drawing and sustaining action of the garment, theyare entirely unnecessary, and the garment under .all circumstances is',smooth, and without wrinkles orf gathers, except d gatlieredvonoryunited to the shoulder-piece b. l

where the Abust-form his open, bu t, if used as a bust-improver, thefront i edge'may be open to yreceive.whateverlthe wearer may desire toinsert between the pieces of cloth h. The device is very light and easy,and commends .itself'in a sanitary point of view. f

In the foregoing description it has been stated that the warp runs kincertain directions 5 but it will bel evident that with goods of a widthlsufficient to cut the garment'from across the cloth, Instead of inthedirection of the length of the cloth, the weft might run'in thedirection described forthe warp, and pro -du'ce the same beneficialresults.

I claim- 1. A bust-,supporter blank,l cut substantially as described,and shown in Fig. '2 of the drawing. f

of cloth, cut substantiallyas described, and arranged with relationtoeach other to present the warps in one piece at substantially rightsub- .3. A bust-supporter blank, cut from a piece with relation toitswarp and weft, to retain the warp of the fashioned blank extendingdiagonally through the the bustpieces entirely across the i to the bodyor bust,- ..whe1eas, -itthe'jwarpsdid not extend diago- 2. Abust-supporter composed of two pieces i back and into ashonlderand bustpiece, subthe garment, substantially as described, the

shoulder-pieces being connected with the bustpieces, as set forth,whereby the garment s'upports the bust from .the shoulders, substan`tially as described. g

'In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

` OLlVIA P. FLYNT.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, W. J. PRATT.

